Letter from Major-General Sir Douglas Haig [later Lord Haig] (War Office) to WSC enclosing and commenting on a report on a cavalry staff ride held by him the previous March [see CHAR 2/40/2]. Manuscript.

Report on a cavalry staff ride held by the Director of Staff Duties [Major-General Sir Douglas Haig, later Lord Haig]. 1st to 6th March, 1909. Sent with CHAR 2/40/1 [2, iv, 51, [1]p].

Letter and memorandum from Richard Haldane [later Lord Haldane] to David Lloyd George on the need for additional funding for the new Territorial Forces and other aspects of the army estimates. Sent with CHAR 2/40/3.

Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton (War Office) to ? Douglas suggesting that the Yeomanry bands on Salisbury Plain [Wiltshire] could play to the soldiers in civilian dress without contravening the Army Mourning Order [arising from the death of King Edward VII]. Signed typescript copy. Sent with CHAR 2/45/99.

Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton (San Antonio Palace, Malta) to [Erskine] Childers commenting on Childers' book on the training and arming of the Cavalry [War and the Arme Blanche] and justifying his opinions by descriptions of actions in Afghanistan, 1879, the Boer War, 1900, and the Russo-Japanese War in Manchuria [part of China]. Signed and annotated typescript.

Letter from Sir John French [later Lord French and Lord Ypres] (22 North Audley Street, Grosvenor Square, [London]) to WSC enclosing military maps and a pamphlet on the Normandy peninsula [France] to illustrate his recent remarks on the strength of an Anglo- French military alliance.

Letter from Sir John French [later Lord French and Lord Ypres], Inspector General of the Forces (Horse Guards, Whitehall, [London]), to WSC on a memorandum WSC has sent referring to the need for six army divisions to be sent from India.

Letter from John Milbanke, Depot, Royal Sussex Regiment, to WSC, on WSC's life at Harrow School, and success in the Army Preliminary Examination, and Milbanke's life in the Royal Sussex Regiment.

Letter from CSC to WSC, on conscription, and the size of the Army. Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/10-12.

Letter from CSC to WSC, on the Conscription Crisis, the Prime Minister's method of dealing with opposition, and the possibility of publication of the Dardanelles Papers. Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/23-25.

Telegram from WSC to Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery [Commander 21st Army Group] marked "Personal and Top Secret" expressing his concern over insufficient numbers of fighting troops and stating that he is holding an inquiry into the matter.

Cabinet memorandum by Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir John Anderson, later 1st Lord Waverley] on man-power in the second half of 1945, including as an appendix a memorandum by the Minister of Labour and National Service [R A Butler].

War Cabinet paper on "Army manpower: the programme of releases to 30 June 1946 and new requirements to 31st December 1945" marked "Top Secret" including a memorandum by the Secretary of State for War [Sir James Grigg], an annex review of army manpower, May 1945, and a postscript dated 10 May.

Draft minute from WSC (10 Downing Street) to Secretary of State for War [Sir James Grigg] requesting proposals are put into effect to reduce manpower in the Middle East. [annotated by WSC; flagged "C"].

Minute from [1st Lord] Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann, Paymaster General] to WSC on the need to reduce the number of troops in the Middle East, comparing the position in October 1944 with June 1945. [signed; annotated by WSC].

Minute from "P J G" [Sir James Grigg], Secretary of State for War, (War Office) to WSC giving figures for British troops in the whole of the Middle East and Near East, and explaining why these seem so high. [initialled].

Minute from WSC to the Foreign Office on making a statement defending [Major-]General [Sir Edward] Spears and commenting on the strength of French and British forces in the Levant, Syria [and the Lebanon]. [Carbon copy].

Minute from "T L R" [Leslie Rowan, Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to WSC on proposals by the Secretary of State for War [Sir James Grigg] to reduce manpower in the Middle East and reporting [1st] Lord Cherwell's [earlier F A Lindemann, Paymaster General] thoughts on the matter. [initialled].

War Cabinet memorandum by the Secretary of State for War [Sir James Grigg] marked "Top Secret" on manpower in the Middle East.

Minute from WSC to Secretary of State for War [Sir James Grigg] asking him to proceed with his proposed cuts in Middle East manpower, and suggesting further reductions will be necessary.

Minute from "T L R" [Leslie Rowan, Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to WSC advising him on a response to the Secretary of State for War [Sir James Grigg] on troop reductions in the Middle East and drawing attention to a minute by [1st] Lord Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann, Paymaster General] on the matter [CHAR 20/232/55-56]. [initialled; annotated by WSC on 21 March and by Rowan on 23 March].

Minute from [1st Lord] Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann, Paymaster General] responding to the Secretary of State for War's [Sir James Grigg] proposals to reduce personnel in the Middle East and dismissing the concerns of the Chiefs of Staff that such a sizeable force is required to maintain internal security. [signed; annotated by WSC].